ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Scientific Revolution, Sun-1, Industrial Revolution
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Chapter 2 historical and conceptual issues in psychology (brysbaert & rastle) Mechanization of the world view under philosophy and religion natural philosophy: dualism, mechanistic view, everything in the material world can be understood as a complex/complicated machine, replaced aristotle"s model, descartes rejected all goals, emotions, and intelligence in nature. Roman catholic church: the establishment of learned societies, teaching science = element in protestant schools (not in catholic schools, foundation of learned societies place for natural philosophers to meet and share ideas on a regular basis. Changes in society as a result of the scientific revolution. Impact of science on daily life: science and prosperity the invention of machines (mass production in factories, resulting in massive relocation. Worldview system of beliefs that are interconnected (in a similar way to a jigsaw puzzle) The aristotelian worldview: many others adopted a non-aristotelian view of the universe (ex. Modification of aristotelian beliefs judaic, christian, and islamic philosopher-theologians mixed aristotelian beliefs.